Electrical contact and electronic circuit

Abstract

The electrical contact ( 200 ) comprises a contact part ( 212 ) exhibiting a surface ( 228, 230 ) intended to be in contact with the surface of a support, and a clip ( 202 ) intended to receive a pin of an electrical component, so that the pin received lies along a main axis parallel to an up/down direction. The clip ( 202 ) comprises at least two jaws ( 204, 206, 208, 210 ) around the axis A, which are intended to grip the pin laterally, each jaw ( 204, 206, 208, 210 ) exhibiting a fixed end and a free end, and the contact surface is formed by at least one flange ( 228, 230 ) intended to come to bear on said surface of the support.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. An electrical contact, comprising:
 a contact part having a contact surface intended to be in contact with the surface of a support; and 
 a clip for receiving a pin of an electrical component so that the received pin extends along a principal axis parallel to an up/down direction, 
 wherein the clip comprises at least two jaws around the principal axis, the at least two jaws being configured to laterally grip the pin, each jaw having a fixed end and a free end, and 
 wherein the contact surface is formed by at least one edge intended to bear on said support surface, 
 wherein the electrical contact further comprises a ring centered on the principal axis, and 
 wherein the at least two jaws extend downward below the ring. 
 
     
     
       2. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the clip comprises two pairs of jaws, the jaws of each pair being arranged facing one another in an engagement direction transverse to the up/down direction, so as to grip the pin along said engagement direction, the two engagement directions being different from one another. 
     
     
       3. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the two engagement directions are perpendicular. 
     
     
       4. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each jaw has the shape of a tongue having a large side facing toward the principal axis and is flexible so as to be elastically deformed by the pin in order to move away from the principal axis when the pin is inserted. 
     
     
       5. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least two jaws are of constant width. 
     
     
       6. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least two jaws have a width decreasing from the fixed end to the free end. 
     
     
       7. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the fixed ends of the at least two jaws are attached to a lower side of the ring. 
     
     
       8. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the fixed ends of the at least two jaws are attached to an upper side of the ring, and the at least two jaws are curved in order to pass through the ring. 
     
     
       9. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein the contact part comprises the lower side of the ring. 
     
     
       10. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the contact surface extends between the fixed ends of the at least two jaws. 
     
     
       11. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the contact surface extends all around the ring. 
     
     
       12. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the contact part comprises at least one contact tongue comprising a fixed end and a free end, the fixed end being attached to the upper side of the ring, the contact tongue being curved so that the free end has an edge directed downward, and the contact surface comprising the edge of the free end of the contact tongue. 
     
     
       13. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the clip and the contact part are formed from a single cut and folded metal sheet. 
     
     
       14. An electronic circuit, comprising:
 a contact as claimed in  claim 1 ; 
 an insulating support; and 
 an electrical track extending over the insulating support, 
 the insulating support and the electrical track being pierced by a perforation, the contact surface being connected by material fusion to the electrical track, and the clip extending through the perforation. 
 
     
     
       15. The electrical contact as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the contact part comprises at least one tongue, wherein the tongue includes at least part of an edge that forms said contact surface and is intended to bear on said surface of the support.